Method for thickening or dehydrating sludge

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PATENT NO 9790111
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14648068

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Disclosed is a method for thickening or dehydrating sludge, which includes at least: a) a step of adding flocculants to the sludge to be treated; b) a step of flocculation by agitation of the sludge with the flocculants thus added in order to form a mixture of flocks and an aqueous solution; c) a step of mechanical separation of the flocks and the aqueous solution formed during the preceding step; d) a step of recovering the aqueous solution and the flocks that make up a treated sludge; wherein: the added flocculants are made up of at least one cationic starch (S) and at least one cationic polyacrylamide (P); the cationic starch or starches (S) including a fixed weight percentage of nitrogen of at least 2%; and the weight ratio (R) ws/(ws+wp), expressed as solids, is included between 0.6 and 0.99.

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ROQUETTE FRERES1 RUE DE LA HAUTE LOGE LESTREM 62136

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Carre, Medhi Pelves, FR 1 1
Crowther-Alwyn, Laura Armentieres, FR 7 9
Simon, Michel St Gratien, FR 18 68

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